Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 13, 2021

2,729 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.55/cwt +2.74 vs last sale · ≈ $744/hd at 574 lb · 108 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.76/cwt +5.40 vs last sale · ≈ $706/hd at 524 lb · 91 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.24/cwt +4.68 vs last sale · ≈ $908/hd at 687 lb · 90 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,729	1,650	2,818
Feeder cattle	2,301	1,312	2,295
Slaughter cattle	388	250	316
Replacement cattle	40	88	207

Market comments — USDA reporter

Dickson - There were no trends due to sale not being reported last week because of holiday. Unionville - There was no sale last week in observance of the Labor Day Holiday. Trends are compared to the last sale from two weeks ago. Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Bulls mostly steady to 3.00 lower; Feeder Heifer mostly steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 5.00-8.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 4.00-7.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–298	282	6	170.00–191.00	$176.02	$496	—
310–345	324	14	167.50–185.00	$175.74	$569	+19.51
350–396	384	25	158.00–181.00	$169.26	$650	—
400–445	422	21	150.00–175.00	$157.29	$664	+7.45
455–490	473	46	147.00–165.00	$155.98	$738	+2.54
500–546	528	84	141.00–163.00	$151.96	$802	+8.81
550–596	578	49	135.00–160.00	$144.23	$834	+5.25
600–645	621	74	134.00–153.00	$142.02	$882	+2.44
648 value added	648	2	150.00	$150.00	$972	+7.50
650–695	667	33	130.00–148.00	$137.96	$920	+2.84
693 value added	693	3	147.00	$147.00	$1,019	—
700–746	728	23	128.00–145.00	$135.77	$988	+2.77
750–785	769	21	130.00–142.50	$138.74	$1,067	+8.80
810–830	819	11	130.00–138.00	$133.76	$1,095	—
855–865	860	2	126.00–129.00	$127.51	$1,097	—
955–980	968	3	114.00–124.00	$119.02	$1,152	—
1038–1040	1039	3	114.00–115.00	$114.67	$1,191	—
1090	1090	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,166	—
1100	1100	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,221	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	280	2	155.00	$155.00	$434	—
305–330	320	5	140.00–147.50	$143.91	$461	+10.88
350–390	375	6	138.00–160.00	$154.34	$579	—
410–445	422	10	140.00–160.00	$146.35	$618	+18.35
460–490	474	7	138.00–147.00	$142.73	$677	+22.73
500–545	521	8	130.00–138.00	$134.61	$701	—
555–590	569	11	120.00–135.00	$130.78	$744	+5.78
600–645	615	6	120.00–132.00	$126.56	$778	+8.64
685	685	1	128.00	$128.00	$877	—
720	720	1	130.00	$130.00	$936	—
920	920	2	104.00	$104.00	$957	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	282	3	145.00–150.00	$148.25	$418	+10.69
315–345	325	17	140.00–154.00	$148.31	$482	+11.15
355–395	370	31	134.00–148.00	$144.00	$533	+8.39
400–449	426	54	134.00–145.00	$141.34	$602	+7.27
450–498	481	82	128.00–144.00	$137.98	$664	+5.48
500–545	524	91	127.00–146.00	$134.76	$706	+5.63
550–598	574	108	123.00–136.00	$129.55	$744	+17.02
600–648	617	64	120.00–135.00	$128.26	$791	+6.91
635 value added	635	6	131.00	$131.00	$832	-6.98
650–698	671	33	119.00–131.00	$124.03	$832	+1.72
696 value added	696	57	137.00	$137.00	$954	-0.70
715–745	737	24	122.00–127.00	$123.03	$907	+8.96
760–775	767	3	112.00–120.00	$115.32	$885	-1.88
805–835	824	5	100.00–110.00	$103.99	$857	—
870	870	1	110.00	$110.00	$957	-8.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–275	270	4	132.50–140.00	$138.23	$373	—
310–340	325	3	117.50–132.00	$126.31	$411	—
360–385	373	6	118.00–133.00	$126.13	$470	—
400–423	414	10	126.00–135.00	$133.01	$551	+17.01
455–495	480	3	112.00–135.00	$122.33	$587	+8.33
500–545	527	11	110.00–125.00	$118.61	$625	+5.27
555–595	582	3	120.00–122.00	$120.68	$702	+5.68
600–643	621	8	110.00–119.00	$114.28	$710	+14.28
665–695	688	27	100.00–125.00	$119.96	$825	—
710–730	720	3	110.00–114.00	$112.01	$806	+12.01
768–778	772	5	104.00–108.00	$105.61	$815	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	110.00	$110.00	$561	-6.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	373	8	148.00–160.00	$155.15	$579	-4.72
400–448	422	32	146.00–173.00	$158.69	$670	+10.80
450–495	473	46	130.00–158.00	$146.63	$694	-3.78
500–549	524	49	128.00–150.00	$138.56	$726	+1.43
550–598	576	48	124.00–150.00	$133.23	$767	+1.91
600–647	625	53	124.00–140.00	$130.59	$816	+3.44
650–698	670	38	112.00–134.00	$125.37	$840	+0.18
700–740	717	13	118.00–128.00	$122.00	$875	+4.70
755–790	772	12	113.00–123.00	$120.32	$929	+2.56
800–845	828	4	95.00–120.00	$111.68	$925	+6.83
850–880	870	3	116.00–120.00	$117.64	$1,023	+13.64

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	2	132.50–137.50	$135.00	$486	+4.01
415–445	430	8	130.00–150.00	$142.20	$611	+7.20
470–495	480	11	120.00–144.00	$131.54	$631	+6.54
510–545	525	12	120.00–132.00	$129.11	$678	—
550–598	583	18	120.00–130.00	$124.73	$727	+9.56
600–640	627	5	118.00–128.00	$120.71	$757	+10.71
672–695	678	4	118.00–120.00	$119.49	$810	—
775–795	785	2	100.00–104.00	$102.03	$801	—
830–838	835	3	94.00–100.00	$98.01	$818	—
920	920	1	80.00	$80.00	$736	—
955	955	3	80.00	$80.00	$764	—
1083	1083	2	80.00	$80.00	$866	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	113.00	$113.00	$475	—
540	540	1	110.00	$110.00	$594	—
595	595	1	105.00	$105.00	$625	—
605	605	1	104.00	$104.00	$629	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1310	1045	85-90%	27	36.00–55.00	$47.19	$493	—
755–1680	1050	85-90%	52	50.00–61.00	$54.64	$574	-5.38

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1315	1083	80-85%	4	53.00–56.00	$54.80	$593	—
910–1900	1233	80-85%	63	56.00–68.00	$62.34	$769	—
1255–1390	1322	80-85%	3	67.00–76.00	$69.85	$923	-4.35

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1760	1408	75-80%	21	60.00–71.00	$64.39	$907	-2.33
1305–1665	1511	75-80%	5	66.00–73.00	$67.51	$1,020	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1840	1504	11	70.00–86.00	$81.35	$1,224	—
1153–2210	1678	22	85.00–100.00	$92.25	$1,548	—
1945	1945	1	98.50	$98.50	$1,916	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–1170	1064	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	725.00–925.00	$786.28
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–960	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	470.00–510.00	$491.22

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	88.00	$88.00	$515	-5.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.